Downing (surname)
Downing is an English nickname surname of Anglo-Saxon origin.[1]
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List of people surnamed Downing
- Al Downing (disambiguation), several people
- Ann Downing, American gospel music singer and inspirational speaker
- Antoinette Downing (1904–2001), Rhode Island architectural historian and preservationist
- Andrew Jackson Downing (1815–1852), American landscape designer, horticulturalist and writer
- Arthur Matthew Weld Downing (1850–1917), British astronomer
- Ben Downing (writer) (born 1967), American writer
- Benjamin Downing (born 1981), American politician
- Bernard Downing (1869–1931), New York politician
- Brian Downing (born 1950), retired Major League Baseball player
- Burton Downing (1885–1929), American racing cyclist
- Charles Downing (died 1845), American politician
- Charles Downing (pomologist) (1802–1885), American pomologist and horticulturalist
- Charles W. Downing, Jr. (1825–1862), Florida politician
- Coe S. Downing (1791–1847), New York politician
- Dean Downing (born 1975), English bicycle racer
- Edith Downing (1857–1931), British artist and suffragette
- Eric Downing (born 1978), former American footballer
- Finis E. Downing (1846–1936), US Representative from Illinois
- Frank Downing (1907–1978), Australian politician
- George Downing (disambiguation), various people
- Greg Downing (born 1985), American professional lacrosse player
- Henry Francis Downing (1846–1928), African-American sailor, politician, dramatist and novelist
- Jack G. Downing, Deputy Director for Operations for the Central Intelligence Agency (1997–1999)
- James W. Downing (1914–2018), American naval officer
- Jared Downing (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
- Jim Downing (born 1942), American racing driver, owner, and developer
- Jim Downing (Gaelic footballer) (1946–2012), Irish Gaelic footballer
- K. K. Downing (born 1951), guitarist, songwriter and a founding member of the British heavy metal band Judas Priest
- Keith Downing (born 1965), English former footballer
- Ken Downing (1917–2004), British racing driver
- Lewis Downing (1823–1872), principal chief of the Cherokee nation
- Lisa Downing, British author and academic
- Michael Downing (born 1954), American politician
- Nick Downing (born 1980), American retired soccer player
- Paul Downing (1873–1944), American college football player and head coach
- Reg Downing (1904–1994), Australian lawyer, textile worker, union organiser and politician; Attorney General and Minister for Justice of New South Wales
- Russell Downing (born 1978), English cycling road-racer
- Sara Downing (born 1979), American actress
- Steve Downing (born 1950), American retired basketball player
- Stephen Downing (born c. 1956), English council worker convicted of murder in 1974; conviction overturned in 2002
- Stewart Downing (born 1984), English footballer
- Thomas Downing (1928–1985), American painter
- Thomas N. Downing (1919–2001), American lawyer and politician
- Walt Downing (born 1956), former National Football League player
- Wayne A. Downing (1940–2007), US Army four-star general
- Will Downing (born 1963), American singer-songwriter and producer
- William L. Downing, judge of the Superior Court of Washington (State)
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See also
- Downing baronets, an extinct title in the Baronetage of England
- Downes (surname)
- Downs (surname)
- Down (surname)
References
- "Surname Database: Downing Last Name Origin". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
Given names
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